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Preparation H Multi-Symptom

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Therapeutic indications
Special warnings and precautions for use
Undesirable effects

Components:

Phenylephrine, Glycerin, Pramoxine Topical, Petrolatum

Medically reviewed by Kovalenko Svetlana Olegovna, PharmD. Last updated on 12.05.2022

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Preparation H Multi-Symptom
Therapeutic indications
An indication is a term used for the list of condition or symptom or illness for which the medicine is prescribed or used by the patient. For example, acetaminophen or paracetamol is used for fever by the patient, or the doctor prescribes it for a headache or body pains. Now fever, headache and body pains are the indications of paracetamol. A patient should be aware of the indications of medications used for common conditions because they can be taken over the counter in the pharmacy meaning without prescription by the Physician.

Preparation H Multi-Symptom is a combination medicine used to relieve pain, soreness, burning, itching, and swelling caused by hemorrhoids.

Preparation H Multi-Symptom may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine if you are using a medication to treat asthma, COPD, or depression.


Special warnings and precautions for use
There are specific as well as general uses of a drug or medicine. A medicine can be used to prevent a disease, treat a disease over a period or cure a disease. It can also be used to treat the particular symptom of the disease. The drug use depends on the form the patient takes it. It may be more useful in injection form or sometimes in tablet form. The drug can be used for a single troubling symptom or a life-threatening condition. While some medications can be stopped after few days, some drugs need to be continued for prolonged period to get the benefit from it.

Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.

Do not take by mouth. This medicine is for use only on the skin around your rectum. Rinse with water if this medicine gets in your eyes or mouth.

You may use this medicine up to 4 times daily, especially after a bowel movement.

Apply the medicine to the skin around the outside of your rectum only. Do not get this medicine inside your rectum.

Read and carefully follow any Instructions for Use provided with your medicine. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you do not understand these instructions.

Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 7 days, or if they get worse.

Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

Undesirable effects

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Stop using this medicine and call your doctor at once if you have:

  • severe irritation inside or around your rectum;

  • rectal pain, redness, swelling; or

  • any new or worsening hemorrhoid symptoms.

Less serious side effects are more likely, and you may have none at all.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

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